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Early reviews are in for Sam Mendes' Skyfall, the latest film in the James Bond series. Reactions have been overwhelmingly positive so far with the phrase "Best. Bond. Ever." being thrown about. While it may very well be true, those of us stateside won't know for sure until Skyfall debuts on November 9th. In the meantime, we've trod carefully through the spoiler-laden minefield of reviews to bring you the latest word on Skyfall from those in the know. Plus, we have a new clip to share with you that should tide you over.
Skyfall stars Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Helen McCrory, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Berenice Marlohe and Naomie Harris. Hit the jump to check out the new clip and early reviews.
Here's the new clip from Skyfall first, in case you want to avoid even the most remote spoilers for the film (via Yahoo!). The reviews and Tweets follow below.
Here's a sampling of the reviews so far. Digital Spy echoed a common sentiment, calling Skyfall "a significant improvement on its ramshackle predecessor Quantum of Solace." They go on to say that "007 fans have a film that respects Bond's lengthy screen history while pushing its hero into new territory." Head over to the above-mentioned link for their full review, but here's their closer:
Skyfall's clean, direct narrative, blistering action sequences (a neon-lit Shanghai showdown deserves to be singled out) and strong performances across the board elevate it to the upper end of the Bond movie spectrum. There may be an awful lot of Heineken and a few minutes too many, but you won't walk out of this disappointed. Turns out you can teach an old dog new tricks.
The Times gave the film five stars, saying:
Skyfall is a great British bulldog of a movie. From the moment the orchestral sound of Adele belts out, sending a nostalgic shiver down the audience's collective spine, we know this will be a triumphant return to classic Bond. Sam Mendes, the director, deftly balances fanboy worship of 007 tradition with sophisticated film-making, and (apart from early Connery), nobody does it better than Daniel Craig.
The Daily Mail, another five-star rater, gave this odd description of the film:
Skyfall was a fantastic combination of 007 meets Bourne meets Spooks meets Home Alone.
And although I'm not familiar with Spooks, I can't wait to see how the hell Home Alone fits into Skyfall. The review also chose to highlight M, played by Dame Judi Dench (slightly spoilery quote ahead):
Bond is back and he's more dangerous than ever but so is M who is the most ruthless character in Skyfall.
As played by Dame Judi Dench, the security services chief is like a lioness in winter as she prowls her office ordering an agent to 'take the bloody shot', a move that puts Daniel Craig's craggy James Bond in grave danger.
A sinister force from M's past, played with delicious relish by Javier Bardem, has stolen the identities of M's agents.
Finally, The Playlist draws a comparison between Mendes' Skyfall and Christopher Nolan's Batman films, saying, "many of the qualities that Nolan brought to the "Batman" series are present and correct in "Skyfall," both in the good and the bad." Still a positive review, it wasn't quite as glowing as the rest. See below:
There are some other missteps along the way. At nearly two and a half hour, the film doesn't drag, but it feels a little over-extended, particularly in a climax that doesn't quite live up to what went before. A couple of green-screen shots, especially early on, are a little ropey. And while the nods to the series' past in its 50th anniversary are welcome, some come across as groan-worthy rather than clever (there's one moment in a Macau casino that feels like it must be a deliberate nod to the more out-there moments of theRoger Moore era, because we can't see what it's doing there otherwise…)
But Mendes get a lot more right than he gets wrong, and in the process has found a confident new identity for the franchise — not afraid of its past, but not chasing its competitors, or being scared of the future either. It might take another viewing of each to see if it exceeds "Casino Royale" as the best since the Connery days, but at the very least, it makes clear that, after the disappointment of "Quantum Of Solace," that Bond is back, and he's not going anywhere. [B+]
Some #Skyfall Tweets:
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#skyfall. Daniel Craig is magnificent – you will not be disappointed. Roll on another 50 years of @007
#Skyfall review http://dspy.me/PsIeDk Shake your martinis, folks. We've seen the new James Bond movie and it's a corker!
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@SonyPicturesUK wouldn't want me to give away much about #Skyfall. They won't mind me saying it's the best Bond in 40 years
#Skyfall WOW! You have a massive treat in store for you! Don't want to review it on air in case I give anything away! It's just so good! #Skyfall. Bold. Good-looking. Craig is in his element. Mendes atones for sins of Quantum with gorgeous photography, story and room to think.


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Breaking up ...Without breaking kids' hearts
If you must get a divorce, you might as well make it a good one. That's the message from Robert E. Emery, whose new book, The Truth About Children and Divorce, is getting national attention.
Divorce books crowd bookstore shelves. What makes this one worthy of mention on NBC's Today Show website?
"I'm not just somebody who holes up in the ivory tower," says Emery, a professor of psychology and director of the Center for Children, Families, and the Law at UVA, who also has a private divorce mediation practice.
Furthermore, he's been divorced himself. In his book, he often cites his daughter Maggie, 22, a recent UVA graduate, as an example of a child who went through divorce and came out okay.
"I can look back and pinpoint times where they could have done things better," says Maggie Emery of her parents, "but I never doubted that both of them loved me. Some of my friends whose parents divorced didn't have that."
More than 40 percent of American marriages end in divorce, says Bob Emery, but not all divorces are created equal. His book describes three styles: cooperative, distant, and angry.
Emery can generalize thanks to research projects he has conducted with Charlottesville's Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. He joined the UVA faculty in 1981 and two years later began an experiment to assess the value of mediation over litigation.
"Nobody in Charlottesville had heard about divorce mediation then," says Emery. With the cooperation of Judge Ralph Zehler, Emery tossed a coin each time a divorce case appeared on the docket. Heads, the case went through litigation; tails, mediation. "I followed those families over the course of 12 years," he says. "What my research has shown is that five hours of mediation can make a huge different in parent-child relationships, especially father-child relationships."
Charlottesville resident Charlotte Barber, divorced now eight years, recalls that she and her husband met regularly with Emery during the most intense three months of their divorce. "I was hoping to settle out of court," she says, "but that didn't happen. It was horrible. But it did diffuse some of the anger, and I think I scrutinized myself more." As to Emery's assertion that mediation can help kids, Barber agrees. "It was kind of a taboo subject, divorce," she says, and mediation opened up lines of communication, especially between her three sons and their father.
In this, as in hundreds of other heated divorces, Robert Emery has placed himself in the line of fire, right between angry husbands and wives as they duke it out. Why does he do it? He offers an altruistic answer. "I get in the middle of a very uncomfortable situation in hopes of getting the children out."
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The Pets in the Classroom grant is now available for the 2013-2014 school year to qualified teachers who apply.
The Pet Care Trust's Pets in the Classroom program is now accepting grant applications for the 2013-2014 school year. Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade teachers in both private and public schools who desire to introduce a pet into the classroom or already have a pet in the classroom are welcome to apply.
Many school teachers have very limited resources for the support of classroom animals, which is why the Pet Care Trust believes in supporting teachers with this educational grants program. Through the Pets in the Classroom program, teachers can obtain a grant for the purchase of new pets, pet environments or pet food and supplies for existing classroom pets. Teachers can apply for a direct, no-hassle grant through the Pets in the Classroom website (www.PetsintheClassroom.org). The program offers 7 different types of grants, giving each teacher the opportunity to choose which grant is right for him or her. Grant options include:
- Rebate Grant in the amounts of $100 (for small animal or birds) or $150 (for reptiles or fish) for purchases at any pet store;
- Sustaining Grant in the amount of $50 to maintain an existing classroom pet;
- Petco Grant, which provides coupons for the live animal, pet habitat and supplies purchased at Petco;
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The grant program began in 2010 and has awarded 22,793 grants to teachers through the 2012-2013 school year. With a goal of introducing 5 million children in 100,000 classrooms to pets and the benefits they provide, the Trust hopes that the 2013-2014 school year will see a large number of grant applicants.
Steven T. King, Executive Director of the Pet Care Trust, commented, "The newly redesigned Pets in the Classroom website makes it easier than ever for teachers to apply for a grant and to find the resources they may need to select the right pet for their classroom."
The Pets in the Classroom grant program benefits students by teaching them responsible, long-term pet care at an early age and providing the psychological and developmental benefits associated with the human-animal bond. Studies have shown that caring for pets has a positive effect on children, improving school attendance and teaching children responsibility, as well as encouraging nurturing and building self esteem.


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A little bit of this and a little bit of that.
Yesterday, was the EK crop and we had a full house, we were lucky to welcome some new ladies who, as always because the girls are such a friendly lot, fitted in as though they had been coming for years.
The cakes of the day were blueberry muffins (not photographed as the blueberries burst everywhere) and Tropical Delight - pineapple bases with lime frosting and yellow glitter. I felt that they looked too plain so purchased some strawberry bon bons from Sainsburys, on my way to the crop and once I had popped one on to the top of each cake it made all the difference.
At the crop I was working on dt layouts for ATDML and so can only show you a little peep at those two
(one got fully finished but I changed the title when I got home and the other is on the table waiting for buttons to be sewn, butterflies to be pop dotted and journaling to be written)!
BUT - just look at this absolutely beautiful layout which was the class designed by Karen C.
How could anyone not love this? That girl has so much talent. We used the new MME Lime Twist range and with some cutting, punching,
and folding
all made variations on the class. Some ladies chose to use 3 photos as Karen had recommended but I wanted to use just one of Gracia and her two best friends. The title was perfect for the three of them off soon to unis spread far and wide.
I am going to add their names, using those gorgeous wood-grain alphas now I have photographed it.
So today I have
- been out for a run. I am still on week 4 of the running program but feel that as long as I stick at it and eventually complete week 9, it doesn't matter how many times I repeat each week. To give myself a fair chance of going the whole way I am not moving on to the next week until I am happy. I did week 3 for 3 weeks. So today in total I run for 16 minutes. If I am honest, it is a light jog and not a run but at least I am moving and today when I weighed myself I was 4lb lighter than I thought I would be.
- Been to do a big food shop.
- Spent too much time surfing blogs.
Reasons to be cheerful.
1. Lovely ladies at the crop, lovely class and spending time with my two best friends chatting, laughing and for one of them teasing unmercifully. I know I am going to regret the last one big time!
2. Unexpected phone calls from friends you haven't spoken to for ages and being able to pick up the friendship where you left it.
3. My little girl is feeling better today and a big thank you to Mummy Eileen for coming to the rescue when I had left my phone at home and picking up said girlie from college and bringing her home safe and sound. Don't you just love your best friends when your they are a second mother to your daughter xxx
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Our babysitter does these Franken-drawings with my kids. You fold the paper in thirds and one person draws the head and feet and the other person draws the mid-section of body. The idea is that neither sees what the other has drawn, other than the bit that connects one section to the next. The result is a really silly composite.
Our friend Cory (aka Momfilter secret weapon), just informed us that these drawings are actually called exquisite corpses and were invented by the Surrealists. The one below was done in 1927 by Man Ray, Miro, Morise, and Tanguy.


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The Ford Focus has evolved, this MK4 version offering slicker looks, higher interior quality and extra technology. There's also greater efficiency beneath the bonnet thanks to the addition of a hi-tech range of petrol and diesel engines. The best part though, is that this car should still remain as rewarding to drive as it's always been. The Focus might have grown up but it certainly hasn't lost its spark.
It's very difficult to over-state the importance of the Focus family hatch to Ford's European business. To understand its significance, press the rewind button for a moment and shuttle back to 1997. Ford's family hatch contender during this period was the fifth generation Escort, a car so all-encompassingly woeful that the brand was almost embarrassed to sell it. When the time came for a replacement, we all expected something better. What we got in the Focus model first launched in 1998 was something much, much more than that, a car that, at a stroke, offered arguably the biggest step forward in family car design the market has ever seen. Here at last was technology directed firmly at the man in the street who, in this apparently humble family hatchback, could experience a car more entertaining and rewarding to drive than almost anything this side of a sizeable lottery win. It was asking a lot for the MK2 model we saw in 2005 to repeat such a seismic step forward but that second generation Focus was still quite good enough to remain acclaimed as the driver's choice against rival Astras and Golfs that made up for their dynamic failings with a better ride and a more luxurious big car feel. These were attributes the Focus also needed and when it came to developing the MK3 version, launched early in 2011, Ford tried to provide them without compromising the car's class-leading handling. That's also been the goal with this more sophisticated MK4 model, announced in the Spring of 2018.
Driving Experience
Our test of this fourth generation Focus confirmed that the sharp driving dynamics that marked out previous models have been retained. That's aided by the standard inclusion of a driving modes system this time round with settings that can alter steering feel, throttle response and, if you've an auto variant, transmission response times. Talking of autos, there's a new 8-speed self-shifter on offer. Otherwise, you'll be swapping cogs with a 6-speed manual. The engine range initially looks familiar, but closer inspection reveals that it's been heavily revised. As before, the range primarily hinges around Ford's familiar three cylinder 1.0-litre EcoBoost petrol unit, which gets a new turbocharger and cylinder head and is available in standard 125PS guise, plus it can also be had in mHEV mild hybrid form in 125 and 155PS forms. There's also a 1.5-litre EcoBoost petrol engine with 150 or 182PS. Plus a fresh 1.5-litre EcoBlue diesel with 95 and 120PS. And a 2.0-litre EcoBlue unit with 150PS. As for the suspension, well a little disappointingly, Ford has followed Volkswagen's lead in equipping lower-powered 1.0-litre petrol and 1.5-litre diesel Hatch variants with a cruder twist-beam set-up. If you want the more sophisticated independent rear double wishbone suspension system that's supposed to improve ride comfort, you'll need an estate, the 'Active' crossover version, top-spec 'Vignale' trim or a hatch with 1.5-litre petrol or 2.0-litre diesel power. The top 'ST' high performance version gets stiffer, lowered suspension and a choice of either 280PS 2.3-litre EcoBoost petrol power or a 190PS version of the 2.0 EcoBlue diesel engine.
Design and Build
There's nothing particularly striking about the way this fourth generation Focus looks but the lines are crisp and pleasing, whether you opt for the five-door hatch body style or the alternative small estate. The overall length is 18mm longer than before and the car rides 15mm lower. Or at least it does in standard guise. The SUV-style 'Active' variant has a slightly higher ride height; the sporty 'ST-Line' model rides slightly lower than normal versions. As ever though, what's more important is the stuff you can't see: this Focus rides on the brand's latest 'C2' platform, which enables the wheelbase to be 53mm longer, freeing up extra cabin space. You should certainly feel that inside. Rear knee room has increased by 56mm and, thanks to a re-profiling of the rear doors, the rear passengers' heads are now adjacent to glass rather than metal, so they'll be able to see out more easily. Up-front, as you'd expect, it all feels of much higher quality - the fascia now has half the number of buttons that were there before. And shoulder room is class-leading. The extra body length has freed up more boot space too. In the estate version, there's now a class-leading 1.14m of width between the wheel arches and overall load length with the rear seats folded (1,700mm) is up by 134mm. That means 1,650-litres of carriage capacity.
Market and Model
The Focus range kicks off with the base 'Zetec Edition' variant priced at around £22,000, before progressing through 'ST-Line Edition', 'ST-Line X Edition', 'Titanium Edition', 'Titanium X Edition' and 'Vignale' variants. An SUV-style 'Active Edition' version (with an 'X'-spec option) and an 'ST' hot hatch are also available. Equipment levels reflect the fact that most customers will be paying upwards of £20,000 for this once very affordable family hatch. Even the base Focus 'Zetec' comes as standard with 16-inch alloy wheels, air conditioning, alomng with an 8-inch SYNC3 touchscreen incorporating a DAB digital radio with Bluetooth and Emergency Assist. Plus there's an electronic parking brake, autonomous emergency braking, tyre pressure monitoring, Hill Start Assist and a Lane-Keeping Aid. If you prioritise luxury and you've a healthy budget, you'll like the top 'Vignale' variant, which gets a unique front grille and body styling with 18in wheels, full LED lighting, leather upholstery, a head-up display, a rear view camera, a heated steering wheel and the 675-watt 10-speaker B&O Play Premium Audio System. For sporty drivers, the 'ST-Line' variant offers unique body styling, including unique upper and lower grille, rear spoiler and polished twin tailpipes. Inside there's a flat-bottomed steering wheel, black headlining, an aluminium gear knob, alloy finish pedals and red stitching. Sophisticated features available across the range include a head-up display, radar-operated cruise control, a more advanced Park Assist system and a wi-fi network that will connect up to 10 devices.
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Ford has re-fettled its engines in pursuit of greater efficiency. The 1.0-litre EcoBoost petrol unit gets a higher compression ratio and increased injection pressure to facilitate this. In mHEV mild hybrid form, this unit gets a lower compression ratio and a larger turbo. And the mHEV version has been embellished by a beefed-up starter/generator driven by a belt at the front of the engine that stores the energy harvested when you brake or decelerate in a tiny 48-volt lithium-ion battery secreted at the back of the car. Across the range, it'll also help that this MK4 model Focus can be up to 88kg lighter than its predecessor. Around 33kgs of that comes from the new C2 platform, which uses a higher proportion of high-strength steel. A further 17kg of weight has been taken out of the interior, the powertrain is around 6kgs lighter and the electrical system loses 7kgs of weight too. A standard 'Active Grille Shutter' closes a flap in the front gill to reduce drag at speed. Plus there's clever 'Air Curtain' technology that guides airflow across the front wheels in a way that reduces turbulence. The result of all this effort is, according to Ford, a 10% improvement in running cost efficiency across the board. Specifically, on the volume 1.0-litre EcoBoost petrol models, that means a CO2 emissions figure which can be as low as 116g/km, regardless of your choice between 100 or 125PS versions of this powerplant. Combined cycle fuel economy for the 125PS 1.0T petrol unit it 55.4mpg. The 1.5-litre EcoBoost petrol unit can put out as little as 142g/km. As for the 1.5-litre EcoBlue diesel, well in 95PS form, this unit produces 119g/km of CO2. Choose the 2.0-litre EcoBlue diesel unit and the CO2 figure is 125g/km.
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I have chosen this quote simply because it expresses how I feel 'at this time.' To those of you who hold my hand on this journey, you have my love and gratitude. I have learnt that it requires sensitivity and caring and is certainly your gift to me. Advice can serve no purpose at this time.
Today began with my monthly doctor's appointment. Yet again I left the Practice giving thanks for the day that Dr S became my Medical Practitioner. I could feel the sadness in him as he went about filling in forms that will allow free access to physiotherapy treatments for lymphatic drainage and also a request for ongoing Psycho Oncology services with Cath. Dr S's facial expression, when he checked my wound, said it all. My Community Nurse had suggested I ask for his opinion on a nasty vein in the area. Her concern is that it may burst and, being on warfarin, could be frightening for me. Knowing what may happen allows me feel more comfortable. Dr S is now trying to keep me one step ahead of the pain by providing suitable pain medications. He has also suggested fortnightly visits, or more often if necessary.
From there it was off to see my Bowen Therapist who worked solely on lymphatic drainage which she has never done before. She estimated that my arm could contain as much as two to three kilos of extra fluid. I would say that is quite possible. I weighed myself this morning and my weight had 'shot up' three kilos in just over one week. It happened so easily. The treatment has certainly stirred things up; I have had to 'go within,' replacing pain with joy since the treatment. It is interesting to note the way the fluid has moved out of some areas. Instead of living with a swollen, lymphoedema limb, I now have a right arm that has ridges, lumps and dents. I am normally very careful when having manual lymphatic drainage as I did develop cellulitis on one occasion, post treatment. I normally see a therapist at the hospital, however, she has been away for a month and the next available appointment is the end of September; I simply could not wait that long. Dr S has suggested another physiotherapy practice, hence the Referral which will give me five free treatments.
Tomorrow we have another trip to Newcastle; it will allow me to keep my Psycho Oncology appointment. At times like this that I can see real benefits in relocating. Going back to town sounds like a plan. Dr S suggested it today and it is something that definitely deserves consideration. This is one of those times that I would like nothing more than for my daughter in Victoria to be well enough for us to spend lots of time together.


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SALGUERO-RIVERA, Beatriz; SEPULVEDA-SALCEDO, Lilian S and CARDONA-SALGADO, Daiver. The dynamics of HIV-AIDS in Cali. Rev. salud pública [online]. 2011, vol.13, n.5, pp.772-777. ISSN 0124-0064.
The classical Kermack-Mckendric SIR model for infectious disease transmission was used for studying the dynamics of HIV-AIDS in the city of Cali; individuals were classified as being susceptible, infected or recovered (SIR) on the assumption that sexual transmission would be the only means of transmission and that individuals would not recover or die. The model's parameters and basic reproductive numbers were estimated using information supplied by the Santiago de Cali Municipal Secretariat of Health, the Colombian Statistics Bureau (DANE) and the Municipal Planning department. Some scenarios were simulated to establish long-term disease trends. The system's equilibrium points were estimated and stability conditions analyzed finding that the current system had two equilibrium points: unstable, disease-free (E1) and stable, endemically asymptotic (E2). Taking information from 2008 as initial conditions, it was observed that the disease would tend towards equilibrium after a 100 year endemic. Simulations suggested that the disease would tend towards endemic equilibrium more slowly by reducing the probability of contact between susceptible and infected individuals and that the maximum number of infected and recovered could also become reduced.
Keywords : Mathematical model; epidemiologic studies; sexually-transmitted diseases; population projection; risk factors.


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Are you interested in building your own SyncToy like File Synchronization solution and embedding that in your application?
As you likely already know, SyncToy is a free tool which helps you copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers quickly. At the core of SyncToy is Sync Services for File System which is a component of the Microsoft Sync Framework (freely available on Windows platforms). The Microsoft Sync Framework was built to enable synchronization of any data source including Files.
Ultimately you can think of SyncToy as a nice UI wrapper built on top of Sync Services for File Systems.
If you download a copy of the latest Microsoft Sync Framework, you will find a number of file synchronization samples that will enable you to build a solution very similar to that of SyncToy. Not surpisingly, the samples function very similar to the way that SyncToy does. Within these samples you can modify them however you like. Whether that is to synchronize files with a Web Site (such as Flickr or SmugMug) or over a network (including Bluetooth, or WiFi).
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Yes, there is more that we can do to improve the number of VB samples we have, however, there is one File Sync example that was written in VB within our samples directory that comes with the product. You can find it here:
\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Microsoft Sync Framework\v1.0\Samples\ManagedNTFSSample
I'm currently building one.
It would be great to see some samples that incorporate BITS and RDC technologies from Microsoft to allow highly effecient background syncing using the Background Intelligent Transfer Service and reducing bytes transmitted by incorporating Remote Differential Compression.
- I have set the properties of the secondary folder as "read only" however when I add a new document to or change a document in the primary folder and run Sync All, the new file is not set as "read only" Is there a way to maintain the "read only" properties of the new or changed file?
A question re sync types - i have been tasked with providing a small app that would make use of the framework
i will be syncronising folder pairs form workstations to a networked resource.
after working through the samples provided i am wanting to know where you differentiate between the types of sync operations available in synctoy i.e Syncronize and Echo
any advice or guidance is appreciated
- Synchronize: New and updated files are copied both ways. Renames and deletes on either side are repeated on the other.
- Echo: New and updated files are copied left to right. Renames and deletes on the left are repeated on the right.
- Contribute: New and updated files are copied left to right. Renames on the left are repeated on the right. No deletions.
Would echo work properly and delete files on the right even if they have been "touched" or updated? This is the only serious flaw in SyncToy which is otherwise a wonderful tool and extremly useful in my backup scenarios where I mirror to a removable sata drive to take off site and swap in another alternate and bring that one up to "sync". I'd much prefer SyncToy was fixed though so I did not have to write my own application that did the same functionality. Is this a defect or artifact of the sync framework or does SyncToy do this for some reason on purpose? Thanks, Dave
Hi Liam, has Microsoft considered embedding the synctoy functionality into the actual copy/paste feature. When I was a mac developer back in the 90's, I used a product called SmartCopy that basically sped up your copying in the same manner as synctoy, except it patched the copy/paste and allowed you to perform smart copying plus some additional features (docking of multiple copying windows, maybe a pause, been a while...)
I love to know the answer for this as well! I am interested to get SyncToy working with my Nokia Phone with a SD card over the bluetooth. It has no drive letter thus giving me an error. Error here: http://i28.tinypic.com/whgyut.jpg
"Within these samples you can modify them however you like. Whether that is to synchronize files with a Web Site (such as Flickr or SmugMug)"
This is what I am interested in doing. Except I want to host the sync engine in a web service and send back to the client app (that is initiating the sync) a "script" of actions it has to take to synchronize with the remote storage provider (e.g., SmugMug).
Could you give me some guidance on which samples/where in the samples I should look to get up to speed?
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How about Sync+DFS for Enterprise applications?You see, every one can work on his owner pc and easy to store it to servers(Maybe windows server or unix like server) without always keep connect to the network.This just a local workspace ,not a network disk driver mapping.And each file have a unique key, on the server ,many file can just have one copy , and others just reference it.When all reference remove , we can delete that file , like com .for a enterprise , simplefy information manage is useful.
I use a programme to file synchronization, which is called File Sync. [URL="http://www.fileutilityblog.com/archives/229"]File sync and backup software[/URL] is a necessary thing for everybody. That is why I use this program and haven't such problems. What do you think about it?
I use a programme to file synchronization, which is called File Sync. [URL="http://www.fileutilityblog.com/archives/229"]File sync and backup software[/URL] is a necessary thing for everybody. That is why I use this program and haven't such problems. What do you think about it?
I didn t find any option to snyc via powershell.
My current Backupconfiguration is controlled by a batch file. So it seems moleskinsoft file sync is no solution for me.
since windows RT cannot install traditional exes, and therefore has no way to sync skydrive, a timed script to sync skydrive with a local folder could be perfect. skydrive can be mapped to a drive letter in RT.
I have been playing with this powershell one, but it does not sync deletions and is kind of slow and heavy because it checks the md5 to compare files for newness:


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Copenhagen Talks End With Agreement, But No Binding Deal – AlterNet
Environmental writer and activist Bill McKibben of 350.org voiced his disapproval. (and) summarized what Obama accomplished:
He formed a league of super-polluters, and would-be super-polluters. China, the U.S., and India don't want anyone controlling their use of coal in any meaningful way.
(via Copenhagen Talks End With Agreement, But No Binding Deal: So, How Screwed Are We? | Environment | AlterNet).
On Aug 14, 2009, a Quicktake post wondered if this entire climate change and global warming had something to do with coal-fired power plants.
Bill McKibben's peeve does prove that this is indeed the case.
Now, coal is the cheapest way to generate electricity. Looking at the shortfall in electricity, and Indian consumers' ability to pay, coal is the answer.
To low costs, add the fact that India has coal reserves that will last for the next 100 years – at least. But, coal-generated electricity, will also makes India industrially competitive.
And we don't want that, do we? Right, Billy Boy!
Inside Indian bedrooms
60years ago, an assault was made by foreign 'observers' into Indian bedrooms. Foreign 'observers'
- Tied 'development aid' to India's population control.
- Trained Indian 'health workers' to control India's human reproductive behaviour.
- Paid for by Western Governments, soon after that, we had 'health workers' fanning out across the Indian country-side, conducting vasectomies /tubectomies on India's (especially poor) population.
It did not matter then, who the 'observers' were – foreign or Indian. Neither does it matter now. What matters is someone's monitoring. And I don't like that at all.
Even if the monitors have brown skins (my liking for brown skin notwithstanding). Even if it comes with a recommendation from Nobel prize winner, Amartya Sen. How Indian power producers generate electricity is our business.
Getting a handle on the Indian economy is the second and related part of the agenda.
An agenda, I don't like.
All that nice, fresh, white newsprint …
Just the amount of newsprint that has been devoted to climate change and global warming must have raised temperatures (going by the 'warmers' calculations and estimates) enough to make this debate of questionable value. To that add, the amount of gimmickry and media overdrive (through slick PR) that raises many doubts and questions.
Hush, boy! Do not even mention 'scientific manipulation'.
Just look at the record.
The most prominent and vocal votary of Climate Change was Al Gore – who was promptly awarded the Nobel Prize. The recruitment of Maldives and the positioning of President Mohammed Nasheed was again a very slick operation. The underwater Maldives cabinet meeting had a interesting story.
Maldivian officials said the idea to hold the attention-grabbing underwater cabinet meeting came from President Mohamed Nasheed when he was asked by an activist group to support its "environmental day" action on October 24.
"The 350.org group asked if the Maldives can hold an underwater banner supporting environmental day," an official from the president's office said.
"The president thought for a while and then came up with the idea to have an underwater cabinet meeting." (via Maldives cabinet rehearses underwater meeting).
Propping up Maldives as 'fifth' column was done over the last more than 20 years. Based on excellent PR and media management skills, the Maldives was the trojan horse loosed on the G77+Basic grouping.
350.org is rather well armed on the PR front – with a specific agency for South Asia itself. The PR agency for the Maldives Travel and Tourism Authority McCluskey International does seem to either bask in reflected glory – or is hinting at the authorship of this stunt. The Maldives climate change campaign seems to be headquarted in Britain also.
Been there and done that
The hallmark of the Maldives' climate change campaign has been it slick PR. Dramatic statements, intriguing sound bites, the Maldives' campaign was beyond the common bureaucratic 'creature' – much less a Maldives' bureaucrat. This is consistent and in line with Al Gore's media and public relations management – which won the PR agency, the campaign of the year award. And Al Gore the Nobel Prize.
All this is much like, how from the early 1950's to the late eighties, the Western world created hysteria regarding 'population explosion' in India and China. Enormous pressures were brought onto the Chinese and Indian Governments to 'control' their populations.
Same game, different name! Doesn't wash. Just like last time.
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- Climate change – How India is falling for propaganda
- Climate Change at Copenhagen – Britain mounts a Trojan operation
- Indian cows were blamed for global warming!
- US Euro Clubs hobble Third Wold
- Climate head steps down over e-mail leak
- NASSCOM wakes after 15 months
- PR Stunts – The Maldives underwater meeting
US Euro Clubs hobble Third Wold
Rich nations are using every forum available to step up intellectual property curbs on developing country exports. India needs to wake up.
… if a group of developed countries and their rights holders are successful in pushing through a clever initiative at the World Customs Organization (WCO) to lay down global norms and model laws for heightened protection of IP rights. Unsurprisingly, the majority of developing countries have been caught off guard by the move to push SECURE (Standards to be Employed by Customs for Uniform Rights Enforcement) … (as) they did not expect WCO to be looking at IP issues … SECURE was not a member-driven initiative but put together by the secretariat of the 174-member organisation based in Brussels. SECURE, says the WCO, will be a set of standards, procedures, and best practices to coordinate the "global effort to suppress all kind of IP rights infringements". (via Latha Jishnu: Policy of encirclement).
This article goes onto mention how
1. That 'rights holders are not obliged to provide adequate evidence to show that there is prima facie an infringement to initiate action.
2. Brazil, as usual, has been the rare developing country to be alert to the dangers posed by SECURE, and is the only one actively taking part in the SECURE working group discussions … Brazil along with Argentina, China, Cuba, Ecuador, and Uruguay has sent a report highly critical of the SECURE draft and also that it "departs from the member-driven nature that should guide the process."
3. India is once again missing in action. Bureaucratic and political apathy have been characteristic of India's approach to critical trade negotiations.
4. … more than a dozen initiatives by the US, EU and OECD which shift forums both horizontally and vertically to achieve their goals. Since voluntary agencies and developing countries are active in the WTO, WIPO, and WHO, these are no longer the arena for IP maximalists, she says.
Three things…
First, many of the regulatory bodies are actually a US-Euro Club – to fool the world, with token actions and steps to demonstrate inclusion and fairness of the developing world.
And second, these token actions divert the attention of the developing world. For instance, World Bank list of banned entities were significantly, from two sectors – Software and Pharma. These are the two sectors where the US still has a lead – and the Indians are its biggest challengers. Generic pharma firms from Indiahave become world beaters – and the Indian software companies have built up US$50 billion a year business, in less than 10 years. These 50 billion dollars have come out of US pockets.
At least, the actions against Wipro and Nestor Pharma were pathetic excuses to ban a business – and no third party arbiter will uphold these actions.
Third, on January 9, Standard & Poor's announced that Greece, Spain and Ireland were on review for a possible downgrade, indicating that a Eurozone country could default.
The cost of the US bailout is likely to exceed US$3 trillion. Current US budget deficit
Not so long ago …
In 1999, an employee of an auto-components manufacturer, Autolite, was arrested in France for trademarks and copyright infringement – based on a complaint by the car manufacturer PSA Puegeot Citroen. The French police, on similar complaints, arrested two other nationals, a Belgian and a Taiwanese woman also.
The Belgian was of course granted bail – and the Indian and the Taiwanese were denied bail – 'The lawyers representing the Indian businessman offerred to deposit his passport and the sum of 100,000 French Francs claimed by Peugeot in the custody of the court as bailbond, pending the trial of the case on November 12′.
French court procedures took nearly 1 month and the Indian executive was finally granted bail after being in prison for 1 month. After two years of appeals and expensive litigation, the complaint was found to be without any merit – and dismissed.
More recently …
A shipment of medicines destined for Brazil, from India, was detained at Rotterdam. The Dutch Customs used a complaint from a local Dutch company, to detain this shipment, based on local patent laws. After a few months of 'negotiations', the shipment was sent back to India. An expert writes, how
'EU is doing is using Council Regulation (EC) No. 1383/2003 to impound drugs that are suspected of violating patents registered in member-countries even if these are simply in transit. The regulations permit customs to hold these goods for a minimum of 10 working days while informing the patent holder of the seizure. The patent holder then applies to a civil court to initiate legal proceedings in order to prove that infringement has taken place.'
Whats the Quicktake
These actions seem like offensive actions from the EU and the US – to undermine their competitors and to bolster Euro-US businesses. It makes me doubt the Satyam saga. To carry the conspiracy theory thread forward, was there a Merrill Lynch-Ramlinga Raju 'deal'?
Modern day protectionism, huh?
This also furthers the importance of having non-Western bodies, which are sponsored by the Third World, which will regulate and govern international laws. To depend on the West, is to further dig the hole that the Third World finds itself in.


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I would say leave it- it is a perfectly natural collocation.
I like writing articles to practice my English skills. So while writing the story about well-respected business people, I came up with the following sentence:
"But no matter how good or bad things are, one thing is for sure their power is respected."
Since my primary goal is to use diverse words, how can I else use "good or bad" part of the aforementioned sentence? I'm looking for something more soundy. Positive and Negative won't work for sure...
Or would you just recommend to leave it as it is?
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I would say leave it- it is a perfectly natural collocation.
I see no reason to change that. It is pretty straightforward and shoud be easily understood. However:Originally Posted by Anonymous
I'm not sure what you mean by "diverse words". Perhaps what you mean is that you wish to spice up your writing by using a variety of vocabulary to keep it from getting stale. I'm not sure what you mean by soundy (which is not really a word). Perhaps the word you are looking for is punchy. Certainly, "good or bad" is punchier than "positive or negative".Originally Posted by Anonymous
Yes, "good or bad" works well there. (Say: "Would you recommend leaving it as it is?")Originally Posted by Anonymous
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Welcome back to the 'Golden Stubby' for 2013!
Every round I'll be asking for your nominations on twitter for the player most deserving of this prestigious accolade. This isn't necessarily the highest scoring players of the round. But the players who stepped up in a fantasy scoring aspect when you most needed them to. Whether it's a highly paid premium who put in a massive effort to drag your team over the line in a head to head battle or a rookie priced player who stepped up and scored well above his expected average.
So in a round where everything that could go wrong, did go wrong, who still went against the trend and scored well for you? Lets have a looks at a few player who narrowly missed out.
Jack Viney – I have no doubt that Viney will feature in this poll sometime this year. But for the coaches who played him on the field they were rewarded with a massive debut score of 86. Led his team from the front and will be a mainstay in Fantasy teams for years to come.
Michael Barlow – He managed to fly under the radar for a lot of teams this year due to his awkward pricing compared to other mid premos, but the simple fact is that with one round gone he just outscored a lot of the premium players above him. 126 is a fantastic return for a player at his price.
Josh Kennedy, Brent Moloney and Jarrod Harbrow – We spoke a lot during the preseason for the decision to play mid priced players in various positions. With scores of 99, 96 and 82 respectively, these are the blokes who scored above their payscale in a low scoring round.
The Nominations are in!
Brett Goodes, 91 – With a lot of teams forced to play Goodes on field due to structure, he did not disappoint anyone. Acting like a general in the young Bulldogs backline, Goodes showed a ferocious attack on the footy and led by example, going a long way to being one of the key components in the Dogs win. Add to the fact that this was his first AFL game and it was certainly an impressive performance. Also outscored his brother…
Ollie Wines, 99 – Another massive game from a debutant. With so many premiums falling down in our midfield, coaches who were willing to pay the 'rookie premium' were rewarded by Wines stepping up with a huge score which made a lot of our overall's look more respectable.
Gary Ablett Jnr, 135 – With a lot of talk in the preseason about a change of role having a negative effect on his scoring, a lot of coaches decided not to go with GAJ. He rewarded the coaches who stuck with him by grabbing his team by the scruff of the neck and dragging them over the line against the Saints, with a huge 13 disposals and 3 goal, 54 dt point fourth quarter.
Matthew Kreuzer, 114 – Showing signs of his career best form returning, Kreuzer was the highest scoring ruckman of the round, especially considering he played decent opposition in Ivan Maric. With a lot of coaches caught out with Leuenberger not playing, Kreuzer stepped in at the 11th hour and put the big numbers on the board.
Tom Rockliff, 114 – Rockliff vs Zorko was the debate throughout the preseason, with a lot of coaches leaning towards Zorko after Rockliff was tagged to a low score in the NAB GF. Rockliff stood up for the coaches who stuck with him to be one of the highest scoring forward premiums in a low scoring group.
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- Brett Goodes (28%, 725 Votes)
- Ollie Wines (32%, 826 Votes)
- Gary Ablett Jnr (29%, 744 Votes)
- Matthew Kruezer (6%, 142 Votes)
- Tom Rockliff (5%, 133 Votes)
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Space technologies can also be used by manufacturers to create, modify or improve new and existing components and products which, in turn, provide industry, commercial users and ultimately the general public with a wider choice of robust and reliable goods.
Technology transfer also strengthens European industry by identifying new business opportunities for providers of space technology and systems. This contributes to enhancing the know-how and competitiveness of these providers, as they broaden their business area and re-focus their space technologies and systems to serve several different fields.
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Space technologies are used by the motor racing, sailing and skiing communities, and sports fans can see their favourite teams and competitors gain an edge through the improvements resulting from space-based technologies.
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Left-hander Jeremy Affeldt and the Giants agreed to terms on a three-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations said Monday.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal had not been completed. Affeldt is expected to undergo a physical Tuesday in San Francisco, another person with knowledge of the situation said, and that is typically the final step in completing a contract.
CBS Sports reported that the deal is for $18 million over three seasons.
Affeldt, 33, went 1-2 with a 2.70 ERA in 67 appearances covering 63 1/3 innings this season for the World Series champions.
When the season ended, Affeldt said he wanted to stay with San Francisco but needed a multiyear deal to provide some security for his family; he has a wife and three young sons. Affeldt also was a key member of the bullpen during the club's 2010 run to the franchise's first championship since 1954.
General manager Brian Sabean called re-signing Affeldt one of his top offseason priorities. Affeldt lives on the West Coast in his hometown of Spokane, Wash., so re-signing with the Giants was appealing from that standpoint as well.
He has spent the past four of his 11 major-league seasons with San Francisco, going 10-9 with a 2.73 ERA in 237 1/3 innings over 261 appearances.
Affeldt dealt with two fluke, non-baseball injuries the past two seasons.
In late April, he sprained his right knee and went on the disabled list after he reached out to catch his son, Walker, as the 60-pound 4-year-old jumped off the couch to hug his arriving father.
On Sept. 8, 2011, the pitcher sliced his non-throwing hand nearly to the artery while separating frozen hamburgers during an outdoor barbecue with his family on an off day. The paring knife he was using pushed through a hamburger patty and deep into his hand. Affeldt came within a millimeter of an artery and underwent surgery about eight hours after the injury to repair nerve damage in his pinkie.


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A piece of cake.
With Mario taking a break from his bread-and-butter platform antics to explore tennis, soccer, role-playing, parties and dancing, fans of the plumber's original M.O. probably feel a little put out. After all, the last time you stomped a goomba or slid under a thwamp trap in a new Mario adventure was nearly four years ago, and by now some of you have simply gotten too good at old Mario games.
We hoped Nintendo's new dual-screened venue might call the mustachioed marauder back from his dalliances (he's really not that good at soccer), but up until now, no one has made him an offer he couldn't refuse. Instead, they made it to Princess Peach, and we know that hussie doesn't turn anything down.
So will you after about an hour in her lukewarm 2D side-scrolling adventure. With all the trappings of a Mario game but none of the difficulty, Super Princess Peach is at once refreshingly familiar and pointlessly easy. At least the game suits the character.
[image1] If you think that's off-color, brace yourself for the awkwardly sexual plot. Princess Peach returns to her castle after a daily stroll to find her subjects in disarray, her man kidnapped, and her vibe wand stolen. But instead of baking a cake about it, she focuses her wildly fluctuating emotions on the retrieval of her man and her magic wand. The power of PMS in the palm of your hand.
What distinguishes Super Princess Peach is the way you use her emotions – or vibes – to overcome obstacles. Featured on the touch-screen as four colored hearts, these simply need to be touched to send Peach from one crazy emotional state to another. At any moment, she can turn into a towering inferno and incinerate wooden obstacles, burst into tears to water climbable plants, become so happy she can fly, or regain her composure, which also refills her health meter. Get that girl some chocolate!
All you need to set her off is a little energy in her vibe meter, which can either be gained through randomly scattered jewels (ugh) or by sucking enemies through her talking parasol. That's right – the Princess carries a lethal umbrella with a mysterious past. You can wield it like a sword, smacking enemies to death, or scoop them up and toss them ala Super Mario Brothers 2. You can also buy new abilities for your umbrella at Toad's shop, if you have the coin. Fortunately they're cheap, so within almost no time at all you can purchase a ground stomp, projectile attack, or the ability to glide a bit.
With such an esoteric selection of powers, you might think Super Princess Peach would present some extremely outlandish puzzles, but most are obvious, one-step matters such as burning wooden bridges to get to the secret items beneath or using the happy flight power to reach hidden ledges, unequivocally and ubiquitously pointed out by arrows made of coins.
[image2] While the means to overcome emotional obstacles are usually apparent, actually surmounting them can be a pain in the butt if you don't have any vibe. To get some, you have to run back and forth, sucking down enemies as they respawn while building up the needed energy. It sounds gross, but it's really just annoying.
There is one puzzle, though, that stands out. At one point the Princess sees mushrooms of different colors bouncing in a sequence. Then she travels through a warp tube and must deflower colored daisies with her umbrella in the same order. Way to mess with our minds, Nintendo.
Less interesting is the handful of touch-screen mini-games that precede each boss fight. After making your way through a world's five or so stages, you'll have to use your stylus to neutralize boos, roll a log, or catapult Peach through an extremely short level. We're glad the game uses the touch-screen for more than just triggering vibes, but we wish these sequences had been more complex.
The boss fights themselves are just as easy. Not only does each one follow an extremely simple pattern, but a helpful box placed right before each encounter tells you exactly how to win. If the game actually played itself, it wouldn't be much easier.
Wimpy bosses and emotional puzzles aside, there is a lot of good, classic Mario platforming to be found here along with equally creative foes and wacky environments. None of them break the mold or add anything terribly new to Mario land, but at least you can count on a modicum of enjoyable, Mario-style gameplay.
[image3]And it comes with quite a bit of bonus content. Mini-games, poorly hidden throughout the levels, can be accessed through the menu screen once found. There's a whole slew of collectibles that can either be purchased through Toad's shop, or discovered in the levels.
Even though Super Princess Peach is too easy and a little sleazy, it's a solid production. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the game's visuals, which are well-animated and colorful. There aren't any effects that push the limits of the DS, but at least the title plays well within its confines. And it's really super cute. The music received the same saccharine treatment and the sound effects are just as cartoony and silly as those found in any Mario game. Even if you prefer blood and gore to sugar and spice, you can't deny that the game deserves its Nintendo seal of quality.
That's because Super Princess Peach is Super Mario for dummies. It's also Super Mario for girls, who, according to Nintendo, are just dumber versions of men that get all emotional when they can't find their vibro wands. Far be it from us to disagree, but we hope their next lesson in female behavior doesn't come with a game that insults one sex and disappoints the other.


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Almost every project I do I take at least before/after pictures to show for the blog, and I've learned that with every project I post, I follow it up with a tutorial. Well, for some reason I didn't take my "how to" pictures for each step along the way for this project. I think a part of me felt that the way I did it doesn't seem the "right" way, so I didn't bother. However, as comments reflect on the lyrics board post... many of you would like to know how exactly I did the lettering.
So, I did another project tonight showing how I did each board...
just with a different project tonight.
I like to call my technique "reverse vinyl". {what?} I know right... I'm weird!
I'll start off by saying this is more of a "how to" than a tutorial because I honestly don't know if anyone is as insane as I am for taking this much time to do the way I did it. Also, there is a million different ways to go about doing the same project I did.. there's freehand, stenciling, stamping, painting, just using vinyl... etc etc etc.
However, I know myself, I know that I have horrible penmanship, I knew I can get too frustrated with stenciling letters, and I didn't want my project to just use vinyl. This is the same technique that I do a lot of my signs and wood art around my house so I knew it worked for me.
Let's begin
I started with a VERY rough idea of spacing of the lyrics of choice across 6 boards:
Next I used a photoshop program (Gimp2) to actually create a blank canvas and wrote out precisely what lyrics will be on what board and the spacing I wanted. By opening up 6 new documents I was able to get an exact idea of the overall look of the boards and spacing. After I was happy with the overall look I saved each project as a .jpeg.
Then using my Sure Cuts a Lot program I imported each image and used the "trace" function.
{If you're not familiar with SCAL, or the Cricut machine a lot of this is probably going right over your head, which I apologize, but again this is more of an explanation of how I did this project}.
Note: If you don't have a Cricut, Silhouette. etc.. there are still a lot of ways to do this by freehand by printing out the same documents on paper and cutting each letter out onto contact paper and using a similar method.
Each "board" is sized to be a 12x12 and I have the Cricut personal which cuts 6x12 so after I imported each image I hid half of it, cut it, then cut the remainder ending up with a total of 12 sheets of cut vinyl lettering.
The vinyl I use is from Everyday Vinyl and I swear by this company. They have great prices on vinyl and fast shipping. The final result of this project actually doesn't end up with the vinyl on the pieces, but I've tried several types of vinyl before and I prefer the type they use as it actually adheres better than others, which is exactly what you need for this project. {Plus! For the month of August click the link and use the coupon code and get 10% off your order, score!}
{Deep breaths, I know this is a lot}
Now onto the wood:
I knew I wanted 12x12 squares so I went to Lowe's and picked up a 12"x6' board and had them cut it down to 12" length pieces. Now because wood planks aren't true to measurement I was actually left with 11 and 3/4ths x 12" boards, which was fine because I knew that's how it would end up ahead of time.
I spray painted each board black, including the sides, which is my base color. This is the color you'll want your lettering to ultimately be.
Since I didn't take pictures along the way for my lyrics board, I'll show you examples of each step with my new project of the night...
{Paint the base color}
Next after you get your vinyl ready to use by weeding {technical term which means get ride of all the vinyl you DON'T want to stick}
Adhere it to the board using transfer paper {for the lyrics board, this took patience to ensure I was lining up each line with the board next to it so it didn't end up all wonky}
{In a simpler world, I could have painted my lyrics board white, and used black vinyl and left as is.. however I knew I liked to make my life complicated and use this process instead}
Next paint over the entire board, vinyl included, with the background paint color...
As you can see, you can still see the vinyl letters through the top coat of the paint.
I let it sit for about 5-10 minutes. You want the paint to still be "wet to the touch" meaning it has slightly dried so it will still adhere to the board, but not completely dried it will lift up when you remove the vinyl letters.
Then I use my fancy shmancy Cricut tools and remove each. individual. letter.
{This took SERIOUS patience}
Here's what you're left with:
{Happy Dance}
I let the final coat of paint continue to dry, and then took my 220 grit sand paper and roughed up the edges and gave an overall distressed look to each board.
Then simply hung each board up trying as hard as possible to get each one straight!
Final result:
And final result of my project tonight:
I decided I wanted the LOVE to have contrast, so I just used white vinyl for the word. For a very quick last minute project, I'm actually in love with this little sign!
Let me know if you use this technique for any of your projects!
And PLEASE let me know if you have any questions!
By the way! I'm so close to 100 GFF and once I hit 100 I'm going to do a giveaway! YAY!


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- April 13, 2013 7:00 PM
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San Francisco-based artist Barry McGee developed an early and impassioned following for his unsanctioned work on the streets of San Francisco under the tag "Twist." With dynamic images that use the visual chaos of the street to address urban class tension and are inspired by a variety of sources such as hobo art, sign painting, graffiti comics, and Beat literature, McGee now has an international exhibition record that includes shows at Deitch Projects, UCLA Hammer Museum, Foundation Cartier in Paris, and Fondazione Prada in Milan. McGee's work was a natural for the highly acclaimed exhibition Art In the Street at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, and the Berkley Art Museum has recently organized the artist's first major survey exhibition which just opened at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, and is accompanied by a 400-page catalogue.
With his work featured in the museum's exhibition FOCUS: Barry McGee, the artist is in conversation with experimental documentary film artist Bill Daniel of Who is Bozo Texino? fame for this Tuesday Evenings presentation.
Barry McGee and Bill Daniel will be signing books in the lobby at 6 pm. Books available in the store.
The spring series for Tuesday Evenings at the Modern begins February 12 and ends April 23. These lectures and presentations by artists, architects, historians, and critics are held in the Modern's auditorium and begin at 7 pm. Free admission tickets (limit two) can be picked up at the Modern's information desk beginning at 5 pm on the day of the lecture. Seating begins at 6:30 pm and is limited to the first 250 ticketholders. A live broadcast of the lectures is shown in Café Modern for any additional guests. The Museum galleries remain open until 7 pm on Tuesdays during the series (regular gallery admission charge applies).
Café Modern is open for dinner on Tuesday nights during the lecture series. Enjoy a fine dining experience before or after the lecture; seating is available from 5 pm to 8:30 pm. For reservations, call 817.840.2157 or visit www.themodern.org/cafe.
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Rome Wasn't Built In A Day
This story appears in the March 2000 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
It's Saturday--just three days before a major deadline for one of your biggest clients. You head to the office for a status report and, lo and behold, no one else bothered to show up.
Should you assume this is because the project has been completed and you have absolutely nothing to worry about? Not if you're a smart entrepreneur. Instead, you're more likely to jump on the phone and track down all the various people involved in the project to figure out what the heck is going on.
If you're ready to leave those frantic, last-minute status reports behind for good, consider project management programs like Microsoft Project, SureTrak and TurboProject, which can help you stay on top of your projects from start to finish. Not only can they help you meet deadlines, but they can also assist you in allocating he time and resources that are necessary for you to get your work done.
Cassandra Cavanah is a computer journalist with an entrepreneurial focus who's made a homebased career of writing and consulting on tech-related issues. She can be reached at email@example.com.
Project Perfect
The term "project" encompasses a wide array of responsibilities, from planning and executing an important event to manufacturing and distributing an order of widgets. A large variety of businesses rely on their project management software for tasks that involve multiple employees, equipment, resources and, of course, deadlines.
Are you a good candidate for project management software? You might be if the following sounds familiar: You estimate it should take your team eight to 10 weeks to design, manufacture and ship 3,000 widgets. However, your company falls behind, failing to meet deadlines or spending way too much money on overtime and temporary personnel to try and meet those deadlines. You start to place blame on your production team, even though (unbeknownst to you) there just wasn't sufficient time allocated for the design phase of the project.
Charts and graphs that come with project management software allow entrepreneurs to map out their projects from start to finish, including tasks, resources and related costs. Not only will you be able to estimate a time frame for each project, but you will also be able to create a budget. Project management programs help you figure out where the bottlenecks are, manage customer expectations better and efficiently use your resources to get the job done. But be forewarned: Project management software comes with a fairly steep learning curve. You're not only learning a new program, but also a new way of thinking.
The Players
One of the key players in over-the-counter project management software is Microsoft. Its Project 98 is, according to Microsoft, the most widely used project management program. By the time you read this article, Microsoft Project 2000, the upgrade to Project 98, will be hitting store shelves. Because it's part of the Office family, Project 2000's interface should be familiar to Office users. Although it's a complex program, it's fairly easy to navigate. Beginners can work with it at one level while experienced users can dive right in and take full advantage of its features.
The new version of Project adds essential collaboration features including Project Central, an add-on Web tool that lets users access, interact with and manage projects in a familiar Web-browser environment. Project Central also lets users outline project plans and make them available to team members via the Web. Team members can make changes to the project, reassign duties, identify missing tasks and provide real-world time estimates. Those notes can then be returned to the project manager to finalize the plan. Essentially, once the plan is developed, team members can use Project Central to report back to the project manager, making pro-ject management a true group effort.
Another popular project management program is SureTrak Project Manager from Primavera Systems Inc. With features similar to Project 2000, SureTrak can act as a stand-alone project manager or a companion tool to the professional-level Primavera Project Planner (P3). SureTrak is an obvious choice for entrepreneurs currently using P3.
SureTrak's features also make this program a viable choice as a stand-alone project manager. Its KickStart wizard guides you through your project strategy, helping you identify project phases, clarify and establish goals, anticipate obstacles and delegate assignments. SureTrak also comes with a Web-publishing wizard to automate the process of building and maintaining Web pages with up-to-date SureTrak reports. Project participants can view tasks and collaborate on activity details via the Web.
For those looking for a quick and dirty solution to project management, TurboProject Express should fit the bill. Designed to make time planning easy, TurboProject Express lets users create schedules, time lines and charts without the severe learning curve you might experience with other programs. For the more ambitious, IMSI Software also offers TurboProject, which promises to "think like you do" without the rigidity found in Microsoft Project or SureTrak.
TurboProject takes a top-down approach to project management, letting the user opt for a loose layout approach by enabling drag-and-drop changes to a project's timeline--which is difficult to attain with traditional project management.
The bottom line? You can't just expect your team to meet the deadlines you set without helping them through each phase. By properly outlining a project from the start, you'll be able to better estimate both the time and costs associated with it as well as form well-thought-out budgets--things any entrepreneur can benefit from.
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Project 2000
Street price: $499
Pluses: Minimal learning curve for Microsoft Office users, Internet collaboration
Minuses: None noted
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SureTrak Project Manager
Street price: $399
Pluses: KickStart wizard helps novices get started.
Minuses: Minimal collaboration capabilities
Primavera Systems
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TurboProject Express
Street price: $39.95
Pluses: Affordable option, minimal learning curve
Minuses: Lacks features found in high-end packages
IMSI Software
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With limited mass transit, more folks are forced to use cars, and that, combined with a gas shortage, is creating gas station lines extending for miles all over New York and New Jersey. NBC's Tom Costello reports.
Updated at 7:55 a.m. ET: Motorists in New York and New Jersey exchanged words – and reportedly even shoves and punches – as they faced a second day of stressful, sometimes miles-long lines Thursday at the gas stations that still had both electricity and supplies after superstorm Sandy.
Power outages kept many pumps out of service and tough travel made fuel deliveries difficult.
A police officer directed traffic at a Gulf station in Newark, N.J., as a line of vehicles stretched for about two miles. Dozens of people with empty red gas canisters also stood in the line that snaked around the station.
NBC's Kerry Sanders reports from a helicopter high above Bloomfield, N.J., where drivers are lined up for miles waiting for a chance to fill up.
Betty Bethea, 59, had been waiting almost three hours as she approached the front of the line of cars, and she brought reinforcements: Her kids were there with gas cans, and her husband was behind her in his truck.
"It is crazy out here — people scrambling everywhere, cutting in front of people. I have never seen New Jersey like this," Bethea said.
Police in New Jersey said they broke up fights at gas stations all day Wednesday, according to the Wayne Patch.
"Everyone's panicking because all their gas tanks are on 'E,'" one officer was quoted as saying.
Numerous reports of confrontation at the stations that were still open surfaced on Twitter and YouTube.
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A man waits in line on 10th Avenue to get gasoline for his taxi at a gas station on Thursday as New York City tries to recover from the effects of Sandy.
A fistfight broke out Wednesday between customers at the Getty station on Route 59 in Monsey, N.J., the only functioning station in the area, Chiam Tzik, the station's manager, told Newsday. On Thursday morning, traffic stretched for at least half a mile on both sides of the road.
In New York state, Yonkers Mayor Michael Spano signed an executive order rationing gas to 10 gallons per customer effective immediately.
Related: Northeast may see long gas lines for a week
New York taxi and car service companies started pulling vehicles off the road as service stations are now out of gasoline or power to run pumps.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy authorized the Metropolitan Transit Authority to waive fares Thursday and Friday as an inducement to get people to take mass transit instead of driving.
In another move to reduce congestion, New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission announced Thursday that HOV restrictions on bridges have been lifted for liveries, "black cars" and taxis.
NBC's Kerry Sanders reports from Yonkers, N.Y,, where an aerial view of the New York City region shows a traffic nightmare as officials set up checkpoints to make sure every vehicle has at least three passengers before they are allowed into the city.
Taxi drivers are accepting normal metered fares but are also permitted to accept additional passengers during a trip, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Taxi and Limousine Commission suggests $10 per additional passenger, but it's up to drivers and passengers to negotiate the final amount, the Journal reported.
For millions of Americans, Thursday morning marks day three of no electricity, and many will be without power for days to come. NBC's Harry Smith investigates why Sandy is the third storm in only a year to cripple the Northeast power system and whether it's simply part of a new normal.
Zipcar Inc, a car-sharing company that rents out vehicles at an hourly or daily rate, said members late in returning cars in New York because of traffic or fuel shortages would not face the usual charges.
"Any members who are willing to wait in line for fuel, we're willing to waive any late fees," said Dan Curtin, Zipcar's vice president of fleet operations in Boston. The firm is offering members in New York and New Jersey discounts until Friday.
At the heart of the fuel supply crunch is the fact that Sandy has devastated the energy industry's ability to move fuel into and around the New York City region, particularly the harbor, by any of the three means that normally supply the area: tanker imports from abroad; pipeline shipments from the U.S. Gulf Coast; or refinery production from the mid-New Jersey area.
The good news is none of these issues appears to be long-lasting. Power is gradually being restored in New Jersey, where much of the key infrastructure is located and New York Harbor barge traffic is expected to resume later Thursday. A key pipeline should resume limited deliveries on Friday. Even flooded refineries should eventually resume production.
The bad news is that the supply crunch may get worse before it gets better. Supplies at gas stations that remained open are running out, and it may be several more days before wholesale fuel supplies get where they need to go. Public Service Enterprise Group Inc, the biggest utility in New Jersey, said it may be up to 10 days to fully restore power. Oil tank trucks are driving three hours to Delaware City to get fuel, but they can only carry up to 9,000 gallons each.
Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this story.
More Sandy stories from NBCNews.com:
- 'Pure mayhem' as New York City tries to get back to work
- Wind, flames, Our Fathers: The inside story of Breezy Point's terrible night
- NYC-area airports up and running, albeit slowly
- New York trick-or-treaters defy Sandy to celebrate Halloween
- As National Guard comes to rescue, so do NJ residents — with power outlets
- How to avoid post-storm insurance and repair scams
- For some New Yorkers, it's back to business as usual
- New Jersey investigating reports of price gouging
- Your Sandy photos: Show us the heroes in your life
- Sandy's aftermath: How you can help
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Radel vows to 'restore trust' upon return to Congress
- Politician busted for cocaine possession eager to rejoin Congress
- Radel spent 28 days in inpatient treatment program
- He%27s ignored calls to step aside from Florida Gov. Rick Scott and others
WASHINGTON — Rep. Trey Radel said Friday he's eager to rejoin Congress when the new House session begins Tuesday, barely six weeks after he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor cocaine possession.
The Republican freshman from Southwest Florida already is reaching out to members and asking for face-to-face meetings in an attempt to rebuild relationships toward the goal of "having a successful year."
"Undoubtedly, the first thing I have to do is restore a lot of trust and make amends, and only then can I return to what I love doing and what I was elected to do," he said in a telephone interview.
Radel has not been on Capitol Hill since appearing before a District of Columbia Superior Court judge on Nov. 20. He later completed a 28-day inpatient treatment program at a Hazelden clinic in Naples, Fla.
"I do look forward to getting back to work with a much clearer head and positive thoughts moving forward," he said. " I am extremely sorry for the heartache and pain that I've caused personally and professionally, and I'm going to work to make that up. I intend on having a successful year."
Sounding contrite and optimistic, Radel touched on a range of issues.
He described his stay at the treatment center as "life-changing," and said he's attending church regularly again. He remains enrolled in an outpatient program in Washington, where he expects to be randomly tested for drugs and alcohol. He plans to meet with a professional counselor two to five times a week and has joined a peer counseling group that meets daily.
Radel has ignored calls to resign from key Republicans around the state, including Gov. Rick Scott. He also said he hasn't thought about re-election, even as prominent Southwest Florida Republicans, including former congressman Connie Mack IV, have signaled interest in his seat.
"That is absolutely not even a thought in my mind at all, period," he said. "I will when I feel that I am ready. Right now, the most important things for me are God and family, and with that I'm excited to get back to work to rebuild trust and continue doing the work for the people."
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The Australian Medical Association (AMA) says hospital performance has not improved, despite a 10 per cent increase in federal funding between 2008 and 2011.
The AMA's latest snapshot of hospital performance found about a third of patients in emergency departments are not seen within a half-an-hour target, and the number of beds has remained the same despite increasing demand.
It says elective surgery waiting times have increased, with patients waiting an average of 36 days last financial year, up from 27 days a decade ago.
AMA vice-president Professor Geoffrey Dobb says health reform in Australia has stalled.
"What we need is a re-energising of health in Australia and the resources to do it," he said.
"The AMA have said that we need more beds, every health worker knows that we need more beds.
"We now have a once in a generation opportunity to provide those beds because we have enough doctors and enough nurses to staff them."
Professor Dobb says the blame game continues between the Commonwealth and the states.
Federal Opposition health spokesman Peter Dutton says increased funding has not been spent in the best interests of patients.
"The Coalition would not prioritise bureaucrats ahead of beds and patients," he said.
"The Coalition wants to make sure we get money into elective surgery, that we can reduce waiting times in emergency departments, make it easier to see a GP."
Federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek says the Commonwealth's extra investment has made a difference in the health system.